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To: DMaA who wrote (367004)6/1/2010 2:57:03 PM
From: Snowshoe  Respond to of 793818
 
>>by decree?<<

Yes, for the area under US management. Generally speaking we control the northern half of the Gulf, and Mexico controls the southern half...

Offshore oil and gas in the United States
en.wikipedia.org

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation extending the US Exclusive Economic Zone to 200 nautical miles from the shore.